ONE OF THE FINEST PRODUCTIONS OF THE LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB: JACOB LAWRENCE’S GENESIS

(LAWRENCE, Jacob). The First Book of Moses, Called Genesis. The King James Version. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1989. Large folio (17 by 22 inches), original full midnight blue Japanese cotton. In original suede-lined linen clamshell box with leather label. $10000.

A magnificent production, number 274 of only 400 copies, signed by Lawrence on the colophon, illustrated with eight superb original multi-colored silkscreen prints by Lawrence depicting a preacher and his congregation. One of Lawrence’s finest illustrated books.

A splendidly produced work, "the silk-screen stencils of Jacob Lawrence's paintings were expertly processed in New York City… Anywhere from 17 to 21 screens were required to bring out the coloring of each illustration, making a total of 144 separate stencils, all of which were destroyed after the strictly limited number of some 400 original sets of prints had been achieved on the fine Whatman paper… 'Jacob Lawrence, one of the great figurative painters of the 20th century… rose to fame in 1941 after creating one of the most original and forceful series of narrative works in the history of American art-the 'Migration of the Negro.' He was the first African American artist to be represented by a major New York gallery and one of the first to have a solo exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art" (Regina Hackett). The text is printed on a heavy handmade paper from Cartiere Enrico Magnani of Pescia, Italy.
With laid-in text from the publisher about this work.

Book, text and prints are in fine condition, a few minor bumps to the original linen clamshell box. About fine condition.